The most memorable part of the air trip for the students probably wasn't the accommodations but rather the opportunity

to see and meet Mick Jagger aboard the giant plane.

Bannon didn't recognize the Rolling Stones rock star when he entered the plane and sat down. "He could have been anybody," he said.

The students recognized Jagger right away. Despite the efforts of a steward to protect the singer, the students - eight girls and two boys - managed to reach him for pictures and autographs.

The trip got off to a bad start when the Dieruff group was notified 25 minutes before they were scheduled to leave Allentown that their flight had been oversold and they would have to take another flight.

British Airways arranged an Allegheny commuter flight the following morning to Philadelphia International Airport and then a limousine trip to Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Because British Airways made the mistake of overbooking the original flight, it made up for it by putting the group on the Concorde.

"It was all first class," Bannon said. "It was like a three-hour and eight-minute dinner party.

"We had rocking, reclining chairs. The dinner menu gave us a choice of veal, prime rib or fish. Caviar and lobster tail were appetizers. Dessert included chocolate mousse and, afterward, Irish coffee and cigars dipped in brandy."

He said the students would have appreciated the luxury of the Concorde more if they would have taken another plane over to England and taken the Concorde back to the United States.

"We flew back in a 787 that took 9 1/2 hours instead of three hours and eight minutes," Bannon said.

The educational trip, which ended April 6, included visits to London landmarks and the countryside. The group saw a production of Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor" during their tour.